Pad

Pad

The Pad command on the Utilities menu allows to pad images with certain values specified by the user.

To use the Pad utility

1 Open an image of interest.

2 Call Utilities>Pad.

3 The Pad Image dialog box appears. Enter the number of pixels to be padded on the left side, right side, top and bottom. If the image is a 3D image, you can also add a number slices to the front or back of the image.

4 Specify the intensity value for padded pixels.

5 Click OK. Depending on the selected option - New Image or Replace Image - the padded image appears either in a new image frame or replaces the original image.

Figure 267. The Pad Image dialog boxÂ

Pixels Around Image

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Pixels on the left side

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Specify the number of pixels to add to the left side of the image.

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Pixels on the right side

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Specify the number of pixels to add to the right side of the image.

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Pixels on top

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Specify the number of pixels to add to the top of the image.

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Pixels on bottom

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Specify the number of pixels to add to the bottom of the image.

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Slides at the front of image

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Specify the number of slices to add to the front of the image.

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Slides at the back of image

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Specify the number of slices to add to the back of the image.

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Pad value

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Specify the intensity value for the added pixels.

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Destination

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New image

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Shows the padded image in a new image window.

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Replace image

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Replaces the current active image with the padded image.

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OK

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Applies the padding values that you specified to the image.

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Cancel

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Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box and closes the dialog box.

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Help

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Displays online help for this dialog box.

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